In his daily homily, Pope Francis spoke of St. John's Gospel reading about the prayerful perseverance of the young man who waited 38 years at the pool of Bethesda to be healed. He compared him to many Christians who live in a state of laziness and are \u201cincapable of doing anything except complain about everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nSloth is a poison. It's a fog that surrounds the soul and keeps it from living. It's also a drug, because if you try it too often, you start to like it. You end up being \u201caddicted to sadness,\u201d \u201caddicted to sloth.\u201d It's like air. This is a sin found commonly enough among us.<\/em><\/p>\n